diff --git a/.sbtrepos b/.sbtrepos
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b9e49c484
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.sbtrepos
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+[repositories]
+  local
+  local-preloaded-ivy: file:///${sbt.preloaded-${sbt.global.base-${user.home}/.sbt}/preloaded/}, [organization]/[module]/[revision]/[type]s/[artifact](-[classifier]).[ext]
+  local-preloaded: file:///${sbt.preloaded-${sbt.global.base-${user.home}/.sbt}/preloaded/}
+  maven-central:  http://repo1.maven.org/maven2/
+  sonatype-public: http://oss.sonatype.org/content/repositories/public
+  typesafe-ivy-releases: http://repo.typesafe.com/typesafe/ivy-releases/, [organization]/[module]/(scala_[scalaVersion]/)(sbt_[sbtVersion]/)[revision]/[type]s/[artifact](-[classifier]).[ext], bootOnly
+  sbt-ivy-releases: http://repo.scala-sbt.org/scalasbt/sbt-plugin-releases/, [organization]/[module]/(scala_[scalaVersion]/)(sbt_[sbtVersion]/)[revision]/[type]s/[artifact](-[classifier]).[ext], bootOnly
diff --git a/admin/build.sh b/admin/build.sh
index 5c5ae5724..2ebd80311 100755
--- a/admin/build.sh
+++ b/admin/build.sh
@@ -52,4 +52,9 @@ if [[ "$TRAVIS_TAG" =~ $tagPat ]]; then
   fi
 fi
 
-sbt "++$TRAVIS_SCALA_VERSION" "$publishVersion" "$projectPrefix/clean" "$projectPrefix/test" "$projectPrefix/publishLocal" "$publishTask"
+# Maven Central and Bintray are unreachable over HTTPS
+if [[ "$TRAVIS_JDK_VERSION" == "openjdk6" ]]; then
+  SBTOPTS="-Dsbt.override.build.repos=true -Dsbt.repository.config=./.sbtrepos"
+fi
+
+sbt $SBTOPTS "++$TRAVIS_SCALA_VERSION" "$publishVersion" "$projectPrefix/clean" "$projectPrefix/test" "$projectPrefix/publishLocal" "$publishTask"